Licensed Clinical Therapist

Hourly wage estimate: $27.36 - $38.30. Factors such as skills, experience, and internal equity may influence the actual salary offered.

About the role

The Mental Health Professional III delivers exceptional psychiatric treatment to patients and their loved ones, prioritizing patient-centered and high-quality care. Responsibilities include evaluations, psycho-education, group activities, treatment planning, discharge mapping, and therapeutic counseling. The role focuses on producing positive outcomes using verified techniques in one-on-one, family, and group counseling sessions.

Responsibilities

• Maintains effective communication with patients, families, multidisciplinary teams, and continuum of care providers.
• Demonstrates professionalism and strong communication skills to interact with peers, staff, patients, and families, resolving conflicts as needed.
• Maintains clear professional boundaries with peers, patients, and families.
• Provides education and guidance on state commitment processes, abuse reporting requirements, duty to warn, and guardianship processes.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and role in hospital codes.
• Serves as an educational resource about behavioral services to patients, families, interdisciplinary teams, payer representatives, and other parties.
• Reviews, coaches, and assists in training new staff and interns within approved practice and program guidelines.
• Participates in developing department goals and clinical programming.
• Performs utilization review as assigned.
• Contributes to Process and Quality Improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification (must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date).
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certification (must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date).
• Master’s Degree from an accredited social work or counseling program.
• Licensed as a Professional/Mental Health Counselor (LPC/LMHC) or Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
• 1 year of experience, which may include a graduate-level practicum, focused on inpatient hospitalization, partial hospitalization, crisis prevention, or outpatient practice.
• 3 years of experience working directly with outpatient psychiatric care patients, along with medical social work or counseling knowledge, is preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Retirement savings resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

About the employer

Chippenham Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare, has provided quality healthcare services since 1972. With over 50 years of experience, the 460+ bed facility is a leading acute care hospital on the Southside of Richmond. The hospital is the region’s first choice for orthopedics, joint care, behavioral health, and cardiovascular care. Chippenham Hospital holds The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and is recognized as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for advanced primary stroke, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, perinatal care, hip and knee replacement, and surgical care. It is also a Level I Burn Center and Level I Trauma Center.